On Wednesday afternoon, the police stated that Skibladner had had a total accident on Lake Mjøsa.
– There is no drama, emphasizes operations manager Atle Bernhoft von Obstfelder to TV 2.
He says it is the one shovel that has crashed and that the boat receives assistance from Mjøsvekteren. A police boat will assist when Skibladner arrives at Gjøvik harbor.
# Mjøsa at 1710: Skibladner has had a total breakdown on one of the shovels and receives assistance from Mjøsvekteren. Police boat from Gjøvik assists when Skibladner arrives in Gjøvik harbor. There are 6 passengers on board.
– The Police in the Inland (@politiinnlandet) June 15, 2022
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Get an answer on Thursday
The rescue company on Lake Mjøsa informs Hamar Arbeiderblad that the problems should have started shortly after departure from Gjøvik. Skibladner got about halfway to Moelv before assistance had to be called
– We are in the process of getting it ashore so we can check what has happened, says the operations manager at 6 p.m.
There were six passengers on board the boat. It was Mjøsvekteren who contacted the police and wondered if they could assist in pushing Skibladner all the way in so that they could fix the shovel.
– It’s clear when you see a police boat and a lifeboat next to Skibladner then people start calling.
Oplandske Dampskibsselskap informs the newspaper that they have been in contact with a company that will assist with repairing the damage, and that on Thursday they will know how long the boat will be out of operation.
– Old ladies are capricious
It is not more than a little over a week since the wheeled steamer finally started the summer season. In May, the ship had to postpone this year’s planned start-up because the water level in Lake Mjøsa was too low, but on Sunday 5 June, the required water level of 3.50 meters was reached.
On Wednesday, there was an abrupt stop with an accident. Now Oplandske Dampskibsselskap hopes that the bad luck will soon be over for Skibladner this year.
– Old ladies are capricious. But we will also manage this and get it repaired as soon as possible, so that we get the rest of the summer on Lake Mjøsa, says chairman Bjørn Blichfeldt, to Hamar Arbeiderblad.
The police were notified of the incident at 17.10.
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